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ries at Pekin, that the persecu- 

 tion of the Cliiistian converts is 

 continuing with great fury And 

 iitRonie itself has been ])uljlished 

 inore particular intellit^ence to 

 the same purpose in the following 

 extract of a letter from the pro- 

 vince of Su Tcheu. in China, 

 dated the 25th Sept. 18ir> : — 



" Religion is preached in China 

 by Missionaries of different corps 

 and dififerent nations ; the Cliief 

 of the French Missions in the 

 province of Su Tcheu, where I 

 am at present, has made, within 

 some months, thirty nativepfiests 

 and four European. Not long 

 ago peisecution deprived us of 

 the A^icar Apvostolic, sacrificed to 

 the rage of the Governor of this 

 province, an enemy equally to 



the European and Christian name. 

 The Bishop Coadjutor has been 

 compelled to ily, and J believe 

 has taken refuge in Toniiuin. 

 Thi'ee native priests, and a num- 

 ber of the faithful of both sexes, 

 have finished their mortal career 

 by a glorious martyidotn. There 

 is still, in ahnost all the prisons, 

 a numerous body of generous ccm- 

 fessois, who suffer for the cause ; 

 and I, who have not yet merited the 

 grace of shedding my blood, am 

 charged with the spiritual and 

 temporal cares of this jNIission, 

 which before the persecution num- 

 bered 6"0,000 Christians. 

 (Signed) 



J. E. EsCODECA BoiSSONADE, 



IMissionary Bishop. 



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